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              By Abubakar Aliyu G. P esticides are chemicals ranging from insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, rodenticides, molluscides, nematicides plant growth regulators and others, most of these chemicals such as organochlorine insecticides.Ideally a pesticide must be lethal and ruthless to target pest but not to humans and other animals but reverse is the case.  Most of  pesticides that are produced are  used  on farms to control agricultural pests with an average amount used to control domestic pests. Pesticides are very efficient  in controlling pest but  have an almost equal effects on humans and other animals in the environment. These post will run through some effects of pesticides and also solutions to this pesticide effects. EFFECTS OF PESTICIDES  ON THE ENVIRONMENT Despite all the positive effects of pesticides such as increase in agricultural productivity, there are other effects of pesticides that are very detrimental. some  of them are discussed